By Kilian Amber Oud

Amber Oud by Kilian - The 4th scent of the Arabian Nights collection

Amber Oud is a soft, warm and sensual composition built on the fusion between these two ancestral raw materials: Amber and Oud.
The objective was to deconstruct/reconstruct amber by taking the animalistic qualities of a dark oud and adding richness through an overdose of vanilla from Madagascar and benzoin from Laos. Cedarwood from Atlas then brings structure to this creation by keeping the balsamic notes in balance. Finally, a touch of spice brings light to this oriental composition.

Re: By Kilian Amber Oud

got my half dozen samples & note from Kilian today.
the topnotes are an outstanding oud (real or not) & amber
which then very quickly drops into a fairly rich vanilla
followed by a dryyyyyy amber (presumably from the fake oud)

it's a nice, very smooth, comfort scent. if you don't already own something from this genre - it's a worthy addition.
worth the price ? - hello no but nothing much is today (exluding pure distance M & MdO Oud)

Re: By Kilian Amber Oud

Originally Posted by SoGent

got my half dozen samples & note from Kilian today.
the topnotes are an outstanding oud (real or not) & amber
which then very quickly drops into a fairly rich vanilla
followed by a dryyyyyy amber (presumably from the fake oud)

it's a nice, very smooth, comfort scent. if you don't already own something from this genre - it's a worthy addition.
worth the price ? - hello no but nothing much is today (exluding pure distance M & MdO Oud)

The others in this series use real oud, I'd bet this one does as well.

Re: By Kilian Amber Oud

We got our samples/tester in store yesterday. On paper it smells amazing (like layering Oud Wood with Amber Absolute) but on my skin at least it dries very soft and very much like a light skin scent which kinda disappointed me but I do believe it to be a well made fragrance and that it should do very very well!

Re: By Kilian Amber Oud

Originally Posted by Jabel

We got our samples/tester in store yesterday. On paper it smells amazing (like layering Oud Wood with Amber Absolute) but on my skin at least it dries very soft and very much like a light skin scent which kinda disappointed me but I do believe it to be a well made fragrance and that it should do very very well!

Must try this for myself.

Yet another Oud fragrance with no Oud. Is there real Oud in any of them ?

Re: By Kilian Amber Oud

I just got a sample and I gotta say I am extremely disappointed! I love Amber but this scent is soooo light I could barely smell anything! Tomorrow i am going to give this sample a full wearing. I have my fingers crossed.

Re: By Kilian Amber Oud

I liked it, but was disappointed in Amber Oud in the end.

It starts off strongly resembling the opening of Mona di Orio's Ambre (and MdO's Oud), but while those scents excel at the drydown, the By Kilian scent turns very generic, leaving me with a "smelled this many times before" (for a lot less money) feeling. I also did not detect much Oud, similar to Incense Oud in that respect (both with "real Oud" relatively high price tags). While Incense Oud can be enjoyed though as a reference incense scent even if there is not much or any real oud in it, Amber Oud is no reference Amber, IMO. Major letdown and I really wanted to love it too.

Re: By Kilian Amber Oud

I've got my sample on Saturday and couldn't wait to try it as it was my first oud as interpreted by Kilian. Unfortunately, I was slightly disappointed as the amber and the oud in it were almost non-existent, at least to my nose. What really stood out to me was the vanilla - it really reminded me of something for a while, and then it struck me as being very, very similar to Un Bois Vanille, albeit Amber Oud being more subdued. Now the biggest disappointment is probably how little longevity I get out of this, it barely makes it to 20 minutes and after that I just can't smell it (this is after using up 90% of the 2ml sample); now this is probably just me as all other Kilians are very long-lasting.